Disclaimer: You know the drill- I don't own IaH whatsoever, none of the characters are mine (but I wouldn't mind havin' Jamie) *sigh * I don't want to bore anyone. BTW this is my first fic, please R/R. Hope you like it, this is only part of it in case it sucks!lol Okay, here ya go! If you have any better titles please let me know. :)


The Dance



"Uhhh... Catie, I know you're not really into that whole goin' to dances idea, but I was wondering..." 'No, fool, that is soooooo lame' Jamie Waite thought to himself while he was sitting by himself in the common room at the EMS station. What was it about Catie Roth that made his heart melt? She was everything he wanted in a girl. Beautiful, smart, witty, funny, and so much more. He wanted to ask her to the dance, but not just any dance, it was the big New Year's dance at his school. It was actually more of a big New Year's party, but that didn't really matter to him. He just wanted to go with Catie.

"Hi Jamie, what's up?" Val Lanier, who somehow always seemed perky, asked him.

"Nothin', just thinking." Jamie replied.

"Well, you must be really thinking hard." Val joked.

'You have no idea' Jamie thought. "Uhhh yeah, I am."

Val suddenly changing the subject asked, "Have you seen Tyler?"

"Nope" was all Jamie said. Frankly, right now he just didn't care where Tyler was, he was too busy thinking about the big dance and Catie.

"Well thanks" Val called as she left to go find Tyler.


Jamie sat and continued to rack his brain for a way to ask Catie to the Dance without sounding like a majorly desperate idiot. "So, about that dance?" Jamie started. "Nah, way to stupid sounding."


The next day at school

Jamie approached Catie's locker, finally ready to pop the question. Why was he so nervous? He and Catie were best friends. If she said no, they would probably just hang out anyway, but he didn't want to just hang out, he wanted to really be with her.

"Hey, Catie."
"Jamie, hi." She replied without looking away from her Spanish book.

"Listen, uhh....Catie, about the New Year's party, uhhh you wouldn't happen to uhh, actually want to go to that, would you? 'Stupid Stupid Stupid!! You sound just as bad as you did yesterday!' an annoying voice in his head told him 'Shut up!' he yelled back mentally, 'You don't think I know that?'

Jamie's question caught Catie totally off guard. "Actually, Jamie, umm, Travis Remington, from the soccer team already asked me." Catie's eyes were full of sympathy and sorrow when she told Jamie that. How she wanted to go with Jamie, but he was a day late.

"Oh, uhhh," Jamie struggled to find words.